Eyal Rahav - חקר הימים

eyal.rahav@ocean.org.il
rahavlab.com
Tel: 04 – 8565260 Mobile: 052-4712010
Scientist
Ph.D. 2012, Bar Ilan University, Israel
At IOLR since 2013

Research interests:

Studies on biological oceanography with an emphasis on the factors that control phytoplankton and bacteria biomass, diversity, physiological status, bacterial and primary productivity and dinitrogen fixation rates in varying aquatic ecosystems.

Selected publications (last five years):

Rahav E., and Berman-Frank I. (2023). Temporal and vertical dynamics of diatoms and dinoflagellates in the southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Plankton Research, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbad025

Givati S., Yang X., Sher, D and Rahav E. (2023). Testing the Growth Rate and Temperature Compensation Hypotheses in Marine Bacterioplankton. Environ Microbiol. 1–14. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16346.

Rahav E., and Silverman J. (2022) Cobalamin co-limits phytoplankton and bacterial biomass and activity in Eastern Mediterranean coastal waters. Geophysical Research Letters. 49, e2022GL100602. https://doi. org/10.1029/2022GL100602.

Kababu E, Angel D.L, Sisma-Ventura G, Belkin N, Rubin-Blum M and Rahav E (2022). Effects of crude oil and gas condensate spill on coastal benthic microbial populations. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10:1051460. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1051460.

Sisma-Ventura G., Belkin N., Rubin-Blum M., Jacobson Y., Hauzer H., Bar-Zeev E., and Rahav E. (2022). Discharge of polyphosphonate-based antiscalants via desalination brine: impact on seabed nutrient flux and microbial activity. Environmental Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c04652.

Rahav E., Belkin N., Nnebuo O., Sisma-Ventura G., Guy-Haim T., Sharon-Gojman R., Geisler E., and Bar-Zeev E. (2022). Jellyfish swarm impair the pretreatment efficiency and membrane performance of seawater reverse osmosis desalination. Water Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118231.

Rubin-Blum M., Sisma-Ventura G., Yudkovski Y., Belkin N., Kanari M., Herut B. and Rahav E (2022). Diversity, activity and abundance of benthic microbes in the southeastern Mediterranean Sea: A baseline for monitoring. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, fiac009, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiac009.

Belkin N, Guy-Haim T, Rubin-Blum M, Lazar A, Sisma-Ventura G, Kiko R, Morov A., Ozer T, Gertman I, Herut B and Rahav E. (2022). Influence of cyclonic and anti-cyclonic eddies on plankton biomass, activity and diversity in the ultra-oligotrophic southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Ocean Science 18, 693–715. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-693-202

Rahav E, Herut B, Spungin D, Levi A, Mulholland M, and Berman-Frank I. (2021). Heterotrophic bacteria outcompete diazotrophs for orthophosphate in the Mediterranean Sea. Limnology and Oceanography – 999:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11983.

Bar-Zeev E., Belkin N., Reich T., Geisler E. and Rahav E. (2021). Impacts of sewage outbursts on seawater reverse osmosis desalination. Water Research 204:117631. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.11763

Sisma-Ventura G, Herut B, Silverman J, Katz T, Rubin-Blum M, and Rahav E (2021). P fluxes and prokaryotic cycling at benthic boundary layer in the deep southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeoscience – 126, e2020JG006110. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG006110.

Raveh O, Angel L D, Astrahan P, Belkin N Bar-Zeev E, and Rahav E. (2019) Phytoplankton response to N-rich well amelioration brines: A mesocosm study from the southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 146: 355-365.

Rahav, E., Silverman, J., Raveh, O., Hazan, O., Rubin-Blum, M., Zeri, C., Gogou, A., Kralj, M., Pavlidou, A., Kress N. (2019). The deep water of Eastern Mediterranean Sea is a hotspot for bacterial activity. Deep Sea Research II, 164: 135-143.

Rahav, E., Paytan, A., Mescioglu, E., Galletti, Y., Rosenfeld, S., Raveh, O., Santinelli, C., Ho, T-Y., Herut, B. (2018). Airborne microbes contribute to N2 fixation in surface water of the Northern Red Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2018GL077132.

Hazan O., Silverman J., Sisma-Ventura G., Ozer T., Gertman I., Shoham-Frider E., Kress N., Rahav E. (2018).Mesopelagic prokaryotes alter surface phytoplankton production during simulated deep mixing experiments in Eastern Mediterranean Sea waters. Frontiers in Marine Science 5:1 doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00001.

Rahav E., Raveh O., Hazan O., Gordon N., Kress N., Silverman J., Herut B. (2018). Impact of nutrient enrichment on productivity of coastal water along the SE Mediterranean shore of Israel – A bioassay approach. Marine Pollution Bulletin 127: 559–567.

Bar-Zeev E., Belkin N., Reich T., Geisler E. and Rahav E. (2021). Impacts of sewage outbursts on seawater reverse osmosis desalination. Water Research 204:117631. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.11763

Hazan O., Silverman J., Sisma-Ventura G., Ozer T., Gertman I., Shoham-Frider E., Kress N., Rahav E. (2018). Mesopelagic prokaryotes alter surface phytoplankton production during simulated deep mixing experiments in Eastern Mediterranean Sea waters. Frontiers in Marine Science 5:1 doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00001.